As a leader in the human resources software solutions industry, Sage has its finger on the pulse of the HR industry. Our expertise in HR technology is complemented by a deep understanding of the continuing issues and concerns facing HR and payroll professionals today. And we want to share that knowledge with you by providing relevant content that will help you professionally.

Social Media and HR: Friends or Foes?
Social media is all the buzz, but is it a friend or foe of the HR manager? This recorded webcast explores ways to effectively use social media in Human Resources, and evaluates the effect it can have on policies and procedures and employee/employer communications.

Employee Onboarding – Engagement Strategies
This recorded webcast will introduce effective onboarding activities that begin even before the offer is accepted. Participants will learn a blueprint for successful onboarding strategies.

Healthcare Reform: What it Means for Employers
If you’re like many employers, you have more questions than answers when it comes to the new healthcare reform legislation. In this informative webcast, you’ll learn the true impact of new laws concerning insurance coverage, filing claims, reporting, tax credits, and more. And you’ll come away with a clear picture of what you can do now to prepare to efficiently administer the changes.

Return on Employee Investment
In this presentation, view facts, statistics, and calculation examples, showing the value of investing in employees and its effect on the company’s bottom line. In other words: showing the return on employee investment (ROEI).

Navigating the Mine Field of Federal and State Leave Laws
This recorded webcast is designed to help HR professionals and organizational managers comply with the twists and turns of federal and state mandated leave programs including State Worker’s Compensation programs, FMLA, USERRA, ADA, and ADAA.

Creating the Recruiter’s Little Black Book
This webcast introduces participants to the concepts critical to developing a tactical approach to recruitment and employee retention. Staffing is a critical competency in Human Resources. The difference in a company’s competitive edge is embedded in the skills and abilities of its employees. If HR is to be a true strategic partner, recruiting and retaining the best team members is of decisive importance.

Measuring Up-Using Metrics to Meet & Exceed Expectations
This webcast can help improve the HR professional’s direct impact on business profitability. Learn how to communicate with the C-Suite by aligning workforce management goals with those of the company. In this recorded webcast, metrics for Staffing, Compensation, and Benefits will be used to demonstrate how to speak the language of business while evaluating and improving the performance within the HR function.

Wage and Hour-Staying on the Right Side of the DOL
This recorded webcast will provide important information on changes HR should be making to their compensation programs to ensure compliance and to “Find and Fix” violations of pay practices before a DOL investigator arrives at the door.

NLRB – Should You Be Concerned?
This recorded webcast will introduce you the changes taking place within the National Labor Relations Board. Small to mid-size employers are more likely than ever to be affected by the board’s actions and the growing labor movement in the U.S.

White Papers

Five Key HR Trends to Watch in 2012
HR managers cannot control events or predict future economic conditions. But they can prepare for uncertainty and contingencies. This white paper outlines five HR trends and topics that HR managers should consider when thinking about 2012.

Failing to Learn: Why Learning is Critical to Strategic Talent Management
Many organizations, regardless of size or industry, are turning to talent management technology solutions to achieve a significant business impact. The irony is that most talent management solutions are missing the one critical component that will make that business impact a reality-learning.

Employee Leave Issues
This whitepaper offers five tips to help you navigate the Bermuda Triangle of employee leave. It is imperative that employers stay up to date on changing compliance requirements in order to ensure that employees receive the benefits and protections of these laws, as well as to control costs, and avoid possible penalties.

Social Media and HR-Friends or Foes?
Social media is changing the way we and make decisions. It may still seem like a fad used by younger people, but in truth, it is rapidly gaining users across generations and becoming a main stream business tool. You may wonder if it is your friend or your foe. But one thing is clear: The time to adopt social media strategies and policies for your business is right now.

The Payroll Manager’s Guide to Year End
Sage Employer Solutions is providing this guide as a resource to help you navigate year-end payroll tasks and prepare to process payroll in the next calendar year. Includes checklist, deadlines, calendar, and links.

The Benefits of Paperless HR
Because of the many paper-intensive administrative processes in the Human Resources department, it is a great area to embrace corporate sustainability objectives by eliminating paper. In this white paper you’ll learn how paperless HR is sustainable, cost-effective, and within your reach.

5 Things to Consider When Choosing an HRMS
In order to support executives and managers, HR needs to have the right tools in place to improve access to timely, accurate information that helps produce informed business decisions. This whitepaper explores important things to consider.

HR Technology Tools – What You May Be Missing
The more informed you are about human resources technology options, the better decisions you’ll make when choosing what’s best for your company. This white paper gives you a roundup on how a human resource management system (HRMS) can free you from paperwork, reduce time spent on routine tasks, lower costs, and improve productivity.

HR Software Buyer’s Guide
Our experience has taught us that when people begin searching for human resources management software, they find the process overwhelming. With this white paper, we want to make the HR software purchase process as painless as possible and help you find the right HR software solution for your needs whether that solution is Sage HRMS or another.

The Complete Buyers Guide for Payroll Software
Get the scoop on recent payroll trends, how to analyze the effectiveness of your current payroll software, the key capabilities to look for when you’re ready to purchase, and approaches to determining the credibility and reliability of your software solutions provider.

What the CEO Needs from Human Resources
Learn what the CEO needs from human resources and what today’s CEO wants to change about workforce management. This white paper will show you how to help executives make well-informed decisions about the workforce.

The HR Manager’s Guide to Employee Engagement White Paper
In this guide, we will examine some current statistics about employee engagement, show how employee engagement affects companies’ financial performance, and provide tips to effectively increase employee engagement at your company.

Learn how you can avoid putting your company at risk of incurring costly fines, penalties, and employee lawsuits by examining the 2011 dockets of HR related cases and how they relate to day-to-day business operations.

In this webcast learn the different types of social media networks, how they work, and how they can be used by businesses and employees. Find out what the NLRB has to say about social networking, and the ramifications of the law and social media.

If you incorrectly classify a worker, you could be subject to penalties by the IRS, and by many states. Learn about properly classifying workers in this presentation.

Analyst Reports

Raise the Bar on HR
Talent management has been elevated to the top of strategic human resources management challenges propelled by the changing workplace expectations of Generation Y and the struggle to attract and retain the quality of human capital that businesses require. How organizations handle this will determine the winners and losers in this evolving environment.

Core HR Systems—Aberdeen Research
From competition for top talent to spiraling benefits costs, the challenges of human resources make many business owners squirm. Now, globalization is bearing down on businesses with increased competitive pressures. This, combined with evolving technological advances, calls for an acceleration of workforce skill development. You can take control of your HR functions by using the proper technology to your advantage.

Have questions about HRMS and payroll solutions? We have extensive experience implementing solutions such as Sage HRMS. Give us a call at 866-400-0922 or email inquiry@wacptrs.com and we will follow up with you.